Nice reply...
Patriots have no depth behind Brady, had an abundance of picks...and clearly could have developed him for three years to be Brady's successor, or to pawn him off to some other QB needy team (see Whitehurst, Charlie)...
Bills: Obvious
Dolphins: Obvious
Redskins: See Patriots.
Eagles: Kolb, Vick (you're telling me they didn't have a need for Clausen at that point in the draft?)
Cardinals: Leinart (you really think he's the future?)
49ers: Smith (you really think they don't have a need?)
Broncos: Tebow was drafted in the 1st...shows you how much people thought of Jimmy Clausen, a pro ready QB, as a franchise caliber player
Chiefs: Matt Cassel, Charlie Weis...when Clausen wasn't drafted...that didn't tell you anything?
Raiders: Before Campbell...they had Gradkowski and Russel...obvious need.
Seahawks: Hasselbeck is washed up, Charlie Whitehurst is who again?
Ravens: Flacco was eratic...lots of potential...but if they had Clausen graded as a franchise guy...hedging your bet with a 2nd round pick is exactly what we all wanted the Chiefs to do, right?
Bengals: Palmer is overrated and washed up...this decade's Drew Bledsoe...you don't think they wanted a Tom Brady situation backing up their overrated former #1 pick?
Steelers: Obvious.
Vikings: Obvious.
Panthers: Drafted him at #48...apparently according to OTWP they kept trying to trade up but no one wanted to move out of their picks (despite the trades)...so even though they were offering to move up from 48 to 32, and from 48 to 33, and from 48 to 34 etc. etc. etc. no one would bite and fortunately the #1 guy on their board fell all the way to #48...the Panthers and Hamas have tons in common!!!
Jaguars: Garrard is the future? Yeah, ok
Titans: Didn't Vince Young try and off himself two years ago? What else do they have? Kerry Collins? This wasn't a need for them? A franchise QB potentially?
Bucs: See Chiefs, Ravens...they took a guy last year...but if an Aaron Rodgers falls to the middle of the 2nd round...or to #39 where the Bucs traded up...he's not worth a $5M contract in case Freeman doesn't work out?
Exactly OTWP...
19 teams had legitimate reasons to draft a QB if they thought he had the ability to be a Super Bowl winning, Franchise caliber NFL QB.